Port Hope woman injured in accident

Published 3:16 pm, Friday, April 22, 2016

VERONA TOWNSHIP — An 85-year-old Port Hope woman was transported to Huron Medical Center in Bad Axe Friday afternoon for treatment of injuries following an accident along M-142 near M-19.

According to Sgt. Gary Polega of the Huron County Sheriff’s Office, Lucille G. Emerick was traveling eastbound on M-142 around 2:05 p.m. Friday when a deer ran out into the roadway and struck the driver’s side door of the 2002 Buick Century she was driving.

“The deer’s head struck the car window, shattering the window, then slammed into the driver’s face, causing facial lacerations and a left hand injury from all the glass. The driver’s and a front-seat passenger’s head slammed together during the crash.” said Polega. “The impact (from the deer) caused the driver’s side door to be jammed, so the driver had to be taken out of the passenger’s side (of the vehicle).